Alert archive / Iowa / Flash Flood Watches
Flash Flood Watches in Iowa, 2008
55 flash flood watches in 2008. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of flash flood watches reaches back to 2005.
Flash Flood Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Watches
- 55
- Busiest month
- June24 flash flood watches
- Busiest day
- June 7, 20085 flash flood watches
Over time
By month
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 5:58 PM CST | Flash Flood Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 11 hr |
| Mar 2, 5:59 PM CST | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Black Hawk, Boone, Clarke and 23 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 9, 3:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Dubuque, Henry, Iowa and 12 more | 42 hr |
| Apr 9, 4:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Appanoose, Davis, Decatur, Lucas, Mahaska, Marion and 4 more | 41 hr |
| Apr 24, 3:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 14 more | 22 hr |
| Apr 24, 3:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more | 20 hr |
| May 10, 3:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 32 more | 12 hr |
| May 24, 3:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Lee, Louisa and 2 more | 44 hr |
| May 24, 3:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Carroll and 25 more | 39 hr |
| May 25, 4:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | OAX | Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie | 24 hr |
| May 29, 3:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 39 more | 28 hr |
| May 29, 3:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, O'Brien and 4 more | 24 hr |
| May 29, 3:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 10 more | 30 hr |
| May 29, 5:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 22 hr |
| May 29, 9:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ARX | Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Mitchell | 6 hr |
| Jun 2, 3:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 32 more | 19 hr |
| Jun 3, 3:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Van Buren | 8 hr |
| Jun 4, 4:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more | 27 hr |
| Jun 4, 4:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 30 hr |
| Jun 4, 3:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 12 hr |
| Jun 4, 3:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 31 hr |
| Jun 5, 4:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more | 24 hr |
| Jun 5, 10:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 11 hr |
| Jun 5, 2:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Iowa, Jefferson and 5 more | 16 hr |
| Jun 7, 3:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 27 hr |
| Jun 7, 4:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 44 hr |
| Jun 7, 4:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 47 hr |
| Jun 7, 4:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 39 hr |
| Jun 7, 4:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more | 46 hr |
| Jun 10, 2:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 58 hr |
| Jun 10, 3:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 34 more | 46 hr |
| Jun 10, 3:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, O'Brien and 4 more | 34 hr |
| Jun 11, 4:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 26 hr |
| Jun 11, 3:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 43 hr |
| Jun 12, 8:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Appanoose, Davis, Mahaska, Monroe, Wapello, Wayne | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 2:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DVN | Cedar, Des Moines, Henry, Iowa, Jefferson, Johnson and 7 more | 12 hr |
| Jun 26, 3:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 36 hr |
| Jun 26, 4:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 38 more | 42 hr |
| Jun 26, 3:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 12 hr |
| Jul 7, 3:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Cerro Gordo, Emmet and 14 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 7, 3:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 17, 11:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 9 hr |
| Jul 18, 3:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Delaware, Iowa, Jefferson and 5 more | 24 hr |
| Jul 18, 3:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Clarke, Dallas, Decatur, Jasper, Lucas, Madison and 8 more | 22 hr |
| Jul 20, 3:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 10 more | 28 hr |
| Jul 20, 3:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Adair, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler and 25 more | 14 hr |
| Jul 24, 4:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Cass, Clarke, Davis and 8 more | 15 hr |
| Jul 24, 4:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | OAX | Fremont, Montgomery, Page | 11 hr |
| Jul 26, 4:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun and 36 more | 10 hr |
| Jul 29, 3:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DVN | Lee, Van Buren | 13 hr |
| Sep 12, 3:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 56 hr |
| Sep 12, 3:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur and 16 more | 32 hr |
| Sep 12, 3:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | OAX | Fremont, Montgomery, Page | 17 hr |
| Dec 26, 10:59 AM CST | Flash Flood Watch | DVN | Benton, Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Dubuque, Henry and 13 more | 26 hr |
| Dec 26, 9:47 PM CST | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Jasper, Lucas and 9 more | 13 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Mahaska County17
- Poweshiek County17
- Jasper County16
- Lucas County16
- Marion County16
- Monroe County16
- Wapello County16
- Wayne County16
- Keokuk County15
- Washington County15
- Adair County15
- Appanoose County15
- Clarke County15
- Davis County15
- Decatur County15
- Madison County15
- Polk County15
- Ringgold County15
- Tama County15
- Warren County15
- Iowa County14
- Jefferson County14
- Johnson County14
- Adams County14
- Dallas County14
- Marshall County14
- Taylor County14
- Union County14
- Cedar County13
- Jones County13
- Linn County13
- Louisa County13
- Van Buren County13
- Boone County13
- Hamilton County13
- Hardin County13
- Story County13
- Benton County12
- Des Moines County12
- Dubuque County12
59 more counties
- Henry County12
- Lee County12
- Muscatine County12
- Scott County12
- Black Hawk County12
- Grundy County12
- Audubon County12
- Calhoun County12
- Carroll County12
- Cass County12
- Crawford County12
- Greene County12
- Guthrie County12
- Sac County12
- Webster County12
- Buchanan County11
- Clinton County11
- Delaware County11
- Jackson County11
- Humboldt County10
- Pocahontas County10
- Wright County10
- Bremer County9
- Butler County9
- Franklin County9
- Emmet County8
- Kossuth County8
- Palo Alto County8
- Cerro Gordo County7
- Hancock County7
- Winnebago County7
- Worth County7
- Fremont County7
- Montgomery County7
- Page County7
- Buena Vista County6
- Cherokee County6
- Clay County6
- Dickinson County6
- Ida County6
- O'Brien County6
- Osceola County6
- Plymouth County6
- Sioux County6
- Woodbury County6
- Mills County5
- Pottawattamie County5
- Chickasaw County5
- Clayton County5
- Fayette County5
- Floyd County5
- Mitchell County5
- Harrison County4
- Monona County4
- Shelby County4
- Lyon County4
- Allamakee County4
- Howard County4
- Winneshiek County4
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.